Erykah Badu
Erykah Badu
Erykah Badu
Erykah Badu
Erykah Badu
Erykah Badu
Erykah Badu
Erykah Badu
Erykah Badu
Erykah Badu
Erykah Badu
Erykah Badu
Erykah Badu & Clipse & Re-Up Gang
The Cell is a song by Erykah Badu. The Cell depicts the stereotypical living of African Americans in the “Ghetto” with everything at their disposal from drugs, specifically cocaine, cough Syrup, heroin to the abandonment of black parents as described in the song
[Verse 1]
Girl came through, the light skin honey with the cinnamon smell
Girl was so enticing, baby, make a nigga choose hell
Mama hopped up on cocaine
Daddy on spaceships with no brain
Sister gone numb the pain the same (Why?)
The same DNA cell, cell, cell, cell, cell, cell, cell
[Refrain]
Ooh, you nasty, baby
Ooh, you nasty, baby
Ooh, you nasty, baby
Ooh, you nasty, baby
Ooh, you nasty, baby
Ooh, you nasty, baby
Ooh, you nasty, baby
Ooh, you nasty, baby
[Verse 2]
She was turned out on shine new things
(Diamond gold chains, diamond gold rings)
Center-fold spread, she trying to do things
See she be on that cough syrup in coke cans
Twenty-inch rim man with no land
Pussy gone numb the pain the same (Why?)
The same DNA strand, strand, strand, strand, strand, strand, strand
[Refrain]
Ooh, you nasty, baby
Ooh, you nasty, baby
Ooh, you nasty, baby
Ooh, you nasty, baby
Ooh, you nasty, baby
Ooh, you nasty, baby
Ooh, you nasty, baby
Ooh, you nasty, baby
[Bridge]
Come on (We're not well)
Address the law, human flaw
(We're not well)
You're not well, I'm not well
(We can't tell)
We can't tell, oh-oh, ooh, ooh
[Chorus]
Brenda done died with no name
Nickel bag coke to the brain
Will they ever find the vaccine?
Shitty-damn-bam-baby-bang
Rich man got the double barrel
Po' man got his back to the door
Code white stands for trouble
Shots from the po-po (Blah, blah)
[Verse 1]
Girl came through, the light skin honey with the cinnamon smell
Girl was so enticing, baby, make a nigga choose hell
Mama hopped up on cocaine
Daddy on spaceships with no brain
Sister gone numb the pain the same (Why?)
The same DNA cell, cell, cell, cell, cell, cell, cell
[Interlude]
Welcome to America
Home of the brave
[Chorus]
Brenda done died with no name
Nickel bag coke to the brain
Will they ever find the vaccine?
Shitty-damn-bam-baby-bang
Rich man got the double barrel
Po' man got his back to the door
Code white stands for trouble
Shots from the po-po (Blah, blah)
Brenda done died with no name (Hey)
Nickel bag coke to the brain (Shoo, shoo)
Will they ever find the vaccine?
Shitty-damn-bam-baby-bang
Rich man got the double barrel (Hey, hey)
Po' man got his back to the door
Code white stands for trouble
Shots from the po-po
Brenda done died with no name
Nickel bag coke to the brain
Will they ever find the vaccine?
Shitty-damn-bam-baby-bang
Rich man got the double barrel
Po' man got his back to the door
Code white stands for trouble
Shots from the po-po (Blah, blah)
Brenda done died with no name
Nickel bag coke to the brain
Will they ever find the vaccine?
Shitty-damn-bam-baby-bang
Rich man got the double barrel
Po' man got his back to the door
Code white stands for trouble
Shots from the po-po (Blah, blah)
Brenda done died with no name
Nickel bag coke to the brain
Will they ever find the vaccine?
Shitty-damn-bam-baby-bang
Rich man got the double barrel
Po' man got his back to the door
Code white stands for trouble
Shots from the po-po (Blah, blah)
Brenda done died with no name
Nickel bag coke to the brain
Will they ever find the vaccine?
Shitty-damn-bam-baby-bang
Rich man got the double barrel
Po' man got his back to the door
Code white stands for trouble
Shots from the po-po (Blah, blah)
The Cell was written by Erykah Badu & Shafiq Husayn.
The Cell was produced by Erykah Badu & Shafiq Husayn.
Erykah Badu released The Cell on Tue Feb 26 2008.